How We Got Here：A Slightly Irreverent History of Technology and Markets

作者: Andy Kessler 著

出版社: HarperCollins US

出版时间: 2005-06

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780060840976

定价: 128.00

装帧: 平装

开本: 32开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 272页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>管理

Best-sellingauthorAndyKesslertiesupthelooseendsfromhisprovocativebook,RunningMoney,withthishistoryofbreakthroughtechnologyandthemarketsthatfundedthem.Expandingonthemesfirstraisedinhistourdeforce,RunningMoney,AndyKesslerunpackstheentirehistoryofSiliconValleyandWallStreet,fromtheIndustrialRevolutiontocomputers,communications,money,goldandstockmarkets.Thesestoriescut(byanunscrupulouseditor)fromtheoriginalmanuscriptwereintendedasaprimeronthewaysinwhichnewtechnologiesdevelopfromunprofitablecuriositiestoessentialinvestments.Indeed,HowWeGotHereisthebookKesslerwishessomeonehadhandedhimonhisfirstdayasafreshmanengineeringstudentatCornelloronthedayhestartedonWallStreet.Thisbookconnectsthedotsthroughhistorytohowwegottowherewearetoday. Afterturning$100millioninto$1billionridingthetechnologywaveofthelate1990s,AndyKesslerrecountedhisexperiencesonWallStreetandinthetrenchesofthehedgefundindustryinthebooksWallStreetMeatandRunningMoney(anditscompanionvolume,HowWeGotHere).Thoughhehasretiredfromactivelymanagingotherpeople'smoney,heremainsapassionateandcuriousinvestor.Unabletokeephismanyopinionstohimself,hecontributestotheWallStreetJournal,Wired,andlotsofWebsitesonavarietyofWallStreetandtechnology-relatedtopics,andisoftenseenonCNBC,FOX,andCNN.HelivesinSiliconValleylikealltheothertechguys. Foreword

Logic and Memory

PART 1: THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

　Cannons to Steam

　Textiles

　Positively Electric

　Transportation Elasticity, Sea and Ra

PART 2: EARLY CAPITAL MARKETS

　Funding British Trade

　Capital Markets and Bubbles

　Fool's Gold

PART 3: COMPONENTS NEEDED FOR COMPUTING

　Communications

　Power Generation

PART 4: DIGITAL COMPUTERS

　Ballistics, Codes and Bombs

　Transistors and Integrated Circuits Provide Scale

　Software and Networks

　GPS

PART 5: MODERN CAPITAL MARKETS

　Modern Gold

　The Business of Wall Street

　Insurance

　The Modern Stock Market

ENIAC Press Release

Bibliography

Index
内容简介:
Best-sellingauthorAndyKesslertiesupthelooseendsfromhisprovocativebook,RunningMoney,withthishistoryofbreakthroughtechnologyandthemarketsthatfundedthem.Expandingonthemesfirstraisedinhistourdeforce,RunningMoney,AndyKesslerunpackstheentirehistoryofSiliconValleyandWallStreet,fromtheIndustrialRevolutiontocomputers,communications,money,goldandstockmarkets.Thesestoriescut(byanunscrupulouseditor)fromtheoriginalmanuscriptwereintendedasaprimeronthewaysinwhichnewtechnologiesdevelopfromunprofitablecuriositiestoessentialinvestments.Indeed,HowWeGotHereisthebookKesslerwishessomeonehadhandedhimonhisfirstdayasafreshmanengineeringstudentatCornelloronthedayhestartedonWallStreet.Thisbookconnectsthedotsthroughhistorytohowwegottowherewearetoday.
作者简介:
Afterturning$100millioninto$1billionridingthetechnologywaveofthelate1990s,AndyKesslerrecountedhisexperiencesonWallStreetandinthetrenchesofthehedgefundindustryinthebooksWallStreetMeatandRunningMoney(anditscompanionvolume,HowWeGotHere).Thoughhehasretiredfromactivelymanagingotherpeople'smoney,heremainsapassionateandcuriousinvestor.Unabletokeephismanyopinionstohimself,hecontributestotheWallStreetJournal,Wired,andlotsofWebsitesonavarietyofWallStreetandtechnology-relatedtopics,andisoftenseenonCNBC,FOX,andCNN.HelivesinSiliconValleylikealltheothertechguys.
目录:
Foreword

Logic and Memory

PART 1: THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

　Cannons to Steam

　Textiles

　Positively Electric

　Transportation Elasticity, Sea and Ra

PART 2: EARLY CAPITAL MARKETS

　Funding British Trade

　Capital Markets and Bubbles

　Fool's Gold

PART 3: COMPONENTS NEEDED FOR COMPUTING

　Communications

　Power Generation

PART 4: DIGITAL COMPUTERS

　Ballistics, Codes and Bombs

　Transistors and Integrated Circuits Provide Scale

　Software and Networks

　GPS

PART 5: MODERN CAPITAL MARKETS

　Modern Gold

　The Business of Wall Street

　Insurance

　The Modern Stock Market

ENIAC Press Release

Bibliography

Index